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"10": "Ivan",
"11": "Shaun",
"12": "Shane",
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"5": "Johann",
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"ref": "1996, Frank McCourt, Angela's Ashes, Harper Collins Publishers., →ISBN, page 203:",
"text": "They sit by the fire smoking and talking about names. Mam says she likes the names Kevin and Sean but Bridey says, Ah no, there's too many of them in Limerick. Jesus, Angela, if you stuck your head out of the door and called, Kevin or Sean, come in for your tea, you'd have half o' Limerick running to your door.",
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{
"word": "Jon"
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{
"word": "Shane"
},
{
"word": "Shaun"
},
{
"word": "Shawn"
},
{
"word": "Chavonne"
},
{
"word": "Seana"
},
{
"word": "Shauna"
},
{
"word": "Shavonne"
},
{
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},
{
"word": "Sheena"
},
{
"word": "Síne"
},
{
"word": "Sian"
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{
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "a male given name",
"word": "Joan"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "Xiāoēn",
"sense": "a male given name",
"word": "肖恩"
},
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"roman": "Giánnis",
"sense": "a male given name",
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"sense": "a male given name",
"word": "שׁוֹן"
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"lang": "Maltese",
"sense": "a male given name",
"word": "Seaninu"
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"word": "Шон"
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},
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},
{
"rhymes": "-ɔːn"
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{
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"word": "Jon"
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"word": "Shane"
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{
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},
{
"word": "Shawn"
},
{
"word": "Chavonne"
},
{
"word": "Seana"
},
{
"word": "Shauna"
},
{
"word": "Shavonne"
},
{
"word": "Shawna"
},
{
"word": "Sheena"
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{
"word": "Síne"
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"word": "Sian"
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"ref": "1996, Frank McCourt, Angela's Ashes, Harper Collins Publishers., →ISBN, page 203:",
"text": "They sit by the fire smoking and talking about names. Mam says she likes the names Kevin and Sean but Bridey says, Ah no, there's too many of them in Limerick. Jesus, Angela, if you stuck your head out of the door and called, Kevin or Sean, come in for your tea, you'd have half o' Limerick running to your door.",
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"enpr": "shôn"
},
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"ipa": "/ʃɔːn/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɔːn"
},
{
"homophone": "shorn (non-rhotic, horse–hoarse merger)"
},
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"homophone": "Sian (female given name, cot–caught merger, father-bother merger)"
}
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"word": "Shaun"
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{
"word": "Shawn"
},
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "a male given name",
"word": "Joan"
},
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "Xiāoēn",
"sense": "a male given name",
"word": "肖恩"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "Giánnis",
"sense": "a male given name",
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"word": "Γιάννης"
},
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"code": "el",
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"sense": "a male given name",
"tags": [
"transliteration"
],
"word": "Σον"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "shon",
"sense": "a male given name",
"word": "שׁוֹן"
},
{
"code": "mt",
"lang": "Maltese",
"sense": "a male given name",
"word": "Seaninu"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "Šon",
"sense": "a male given name",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Шон"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "a male given name",
"word": "Juan"
}
],
"word": "Sean"
}
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